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"Chicago Hope" (1994) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1994-2000

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"Chicago Hope" (1994): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Geiger's license to practice medicine is suspended after a psychiatrist questions his mental stability.
"Chicago Hope" (1994): Season 1: Episode 20 -- Hancock performs a risky operation so a dying AIDS patient can live a day longer.  Geiger seeks Laurie's approval in dating Infante.
"Chicago Hope" (1994): Season 1: Episode 19 -- The hospital is forced to shut down after a mysterious virus kills several patients.
"Chicago Hope" (1994): Season 1: Episode 18 -- Kronk amputates a man's leg using a chain saw, and woman seeks an abortion so her husband can be injected with fetal tissue to cure his Parkinson's disease.
"Chicago Hope" (1994): Season 1: Episode 17 -- Doctors perform two operations simultaneously on a dying patient.  Kronk discovers that his girlfriend was once a man.

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   791 votes
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 full episode list
Release Date:
18 September 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
The lives and trials of the staff of a major hospital in Chicago. full summary
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 21 wins & 87 nominations more
User Comments:
Lacking Dr Gieger more (24 total)

Cast

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Adam Arkin ... Dr. Aaron Shutt (141 episodes, 1994-2000)

Hector Elizondo ... Dr. Phillip Watters (141 episodes, 1994-2000)

Peter Berg ... Dr. Billy Kronk (106 episodes, 1995-1999)
Vondie Curtis-Hall ... Dr. Dennis Hancock (104 episodes, 1995-1999)

Jayne Brook ... Dr. Diane Grad (103 episodes, 1995-1999)

Christine Lahti ... Dr. Kathryn Austin (97 episodes, 1995-1999)
Rocky Carroll ... Dr. Keith Wilkes (96 episodes, 1996-2000)

Mark Harmon ... Dr. Jack McNeil (95 episodes, 1996-2000)

Thomas Gibson ... Dr. Daniel Nyland / ... (70 episodes, 1994-1998)

Mandy Patinkin ... Dr. Jeffrey Geiger (60 episodes, 1994-2000)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (141 episodes) | Argentina:60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Australia:M

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Trivia:
There are a lot of references throughout the series to "St. Elsewhere" (1982) another popular hospital-themed drama. Kate Austin wins the "Left Anterior Descending Aorta" award for being a top notch cardiac surgeon. Stephen Furst appeared playing a vet named Elliot. On St. Elsewhere he played Elliot Axelrod whose father was a vet (he did not appear as his actual St. Elsewhere character though as Elliot Axelrod, he was killed off in St. Elsewhere). And Kate quotes her mentor to be "Dr. David Demidian." Mark Craig ('William Daniels' ) on St Elsewhere said that Demidian was his mentor as well. more
Quotes:
Dr. Billy Kronk: [there has been a shooting at a video store and Billy is about to go in to do surgery on a victim. He's putting on a flack jacket. Dr Grad does not want him to go inside] Look! It's bullet proof!
Dr. Diane Grad: Stay with me and I'll buy you one for your birthday.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Nip/Tuck: Carly Summers (#5.1)" (2007) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Lacking Dr Gieger, 4 February 1999
Author: Edward Knowles (ewknowle@hotmail.com) from Sheffield England

Chicago Hope is full of good actors and dialogue, Hector Elizondo is a notable example. And is fresh in the fact that it has wonderfully light hearted moments which intense programs such as ER lack.

I have two major problems with the show recently, in that it is severely lacking two characters which I believe made it the best series on television rather just the good series it is now.

1) Peter Mchnicol as the eel was a wonderful character and he is missed (although its good to see him on Ally Mcbeal) 2) The major flaw in the series though is that Mandy Patinkin is not there. He is such a wonderfully sincere, intense, and brilliantly funny actor that he gave the series a depth not possible without him. For god's sake bring him back.

Good series, can only be brilliant again with Dr Gieger back at the operating table.

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